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UK’s PM Truss rocked as interior minister departs
Suella Braverman left as home secretary ostensibly after using her personal email to send an official document to a colleague
UK’s Truss fires finance minister as economic plan in tatters
British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday dismissed her finance minister, forcing Kwasi Kwarteng to carry the can for turmoil
Britain and the world bid adieu to Queen Elizabeth II
The longest-serving monarch in British history died at Balmoral, her Scottish Highland retreat, on 8 September after a year of declining health
Royal family gathers as Queen Elizabeth is under ‘medical supervision’
Britain’s longest-serving monarch has been dogged by health problems since last October that have left her struggling to walk and stand
Liz Truss named as UK’s third woman prime minister
The foreign secretary comfortably beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, after a gruelling summer-long contest decided by just over 170 000 Conservative members
‘The will of the party’: Johnson steps down as Conservative leader
The UK PM announced that he would step down after a slew of resignations from his top team in protest at his leadership
Boris Johnson set to resign
More than 40 ministers and aides, including three cabinet members, have quit the government since late Tuesday, with resignations continuing to trickle in overnight.
UK PM Johnson on the brink after ministerial resignations
The 58-year-old leader’s grip on power is becoming more precarious by the minute
UK PM Johnson fights back after defection
Wednesday’s defection of Conservative Christian Wakeford to Labour served as a reminder of the high stakes at play, with the opposition party surging in opinion polls.
UK govt botched initial Covid response: MPs’ probe
Britain has suffered one of the highest tolls in Europe with nearly 138 000 Covid-19 deaths since March last year, raising questions about why it has fared worse than comparable…
UK police rush to solve Novichok nerve agent death
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman who was exposed to the nerve agent novichok died in hospital on Sunday evening
No ‘Brexit dividend’ for cash-strapped UK ― experts
Since the referendum, according to official data, economic growth has slowed to a snail’s pace
China-US spat hobbles G20 push on world economy
G20 leaders vowed on Friday to avoid currency manipulation and trade protectionism, but differences between China and the US prevented major progress.
Cheney: Interrogations saved ‘hundreds of thousands’
Dick Cheney insisted on Sunday that intelligence extracted from interrogations of suspected militants had saved "hundreds of thousands" of lives.
Despite Obama appeals, left-right war still rages
The shock troops of conservative talk radio and liberal activism have yet to get Obama’s memo appealing for a ceasefire to America’s political wars.